Rubber boot



April 1927 L. H. L'HOLLIER 1 RUBBER aoqm Filed Avril 21. 1925 Patented Apr. 26, 1927.

1.nsmn H. LHQLLIER, .o1r AXE-ON, omo, nss1enon TO THE B. F. .eoonnron Cominnr,

or NE:W yonx, n:y., A COREQRATIn or NEW YQR K.

RUBBER BOOI.

Application fil'ed Apri12l, Sril No. 24,763.

This invention relates to rubber boots of the. full length or wading type and has foran object to provide a comn1on means for securing the boot 'at hip-height to the belt of the wearer and for holding the cufl'ed top in turn clown position about the lower leg of the boot.

Heretofore it has been thepractice to provide short strapsand cooperating bukles for binding th cufied top -o*f the boot in turned down position and aseparate strap passing through a loop at the upper, outer side of the boot for holdingthe boot at its full-extended height or hip position. A. boot of this construction is subject to the objection that when worn :tully extended the cuit straps requently become loosened, Catch in the brush and cause annoyance by their flapping, and when the boot is turned clown, the strap supporting the boot from the belt is detached from the boot and is easily lest or mislaid, this being particularly the case where boots are packed away hurriedly at the end of a trip.

The present invention overcomes these difliculties since it utilizes a single strap for binding the upper leg in cufi'ed or turned down position and for holding the boot in its extended hip position, and hence When the boot is worn, it is always in service in erforming one or the other of its functions. *urther, the strap is designed to be always attached to the boot and therefore minimizes the possibility of its becoming separated therefrom either in use or in storage.

Of the accompanying drawings; Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved boot in full extended position, the supporting strap being shown looped about the belt of the wearer; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the boot, with the Upper 1eg portion folded down or cufled over the lower leg portion and. the strap wound helically about the cufi'ed portion of the boot; and Fig. 3 is a detailed view showing the attaohment of the strap to the boot.

Referring to the drawings, the boot is formed with a foot portion 10, a lower les; portion 11 and upper leg portion 12. which is relatively thin and highly flexible to facilitate the turning of the same into cufled position, as is customary with rbber boots of the hip height or wading type.

The boot is provided with a strap 15 which both holds the boot in the extended position of Fig. 1 and in thecuff position of Fig. 2. bestfshowndn Fig. 3, the strap 15 has secured at one end a buckle '16 and a rectangnlar baud l7,gthe latterflpre senting a 100p atthe inner side 'of the strap. The strap end is passed through a ring l8, secur6d to the upper .leg 12 Q'the boot, through the band* 17, a'ndthen pull ed to bring the buclzle end of the str'ap and-the band 17 into'a slip-noose relationlto the ring 18. The ring 18 ispreferably fastened to the outside W:1ll of the bootnear its upper margin by means of two loops 19, 20,pref erably of rubber coated fabrio, the 1001) 19 extending vertically and embracing a lower segment of the ring 18 andthe loop 20 X tending horizontally to embrace a forward si de segment thereof, thus leaving the upper and rear segments of the ring 18 free,of obstructions to permit the no0sed strap 15 to assume either of its operative positions. The attachment of the ends of the loops- 19, 20 to the boot may be reinforced by an arcuate strip 21 of rubber coated fabric, both the loops and reenfo1*cing strip bing integrally united to the upper leg of the boot by vulcanization. A buckle 22 is secured to the upper leg portion sufliciently below the ring 18 to assume a position near the lower margin of the cufi' whenthe boot is turned clown to knee height. Preferably the buckle 22 is disposed rarwardl of the ring 18 so as to provide a slight overlap in the traverseof the strap around the cufied boot leg.

For securing the boot in its full extended position, the end of the strap 15 is passed up, under the belt of the Wearer, then clown and through the buckle 16, and drawn tant, the upward pull on the bootbeing sustained largely 'by the 100p 19. When it is desired to wear the boot at knee length, the upper leg is cnfl'ed, the strap 15 wound he1ically about the boot. and its end secured in the buckle 92 (ses Fig. 2), the pull of the strap on the ring 18 ]10W being largely sustained by the horizontal 100p 20.. When the boot is removed the strap 15 hangs loosely from' the ring 18, as shown in Fig. 3, and since it is never necessary to remove it from the boot, the danger oflosing or misplacing the strap is obviated. I daim:

1. A rubber boot of the wading type hav ing a strap attached thereto and provided with means for supportirig the leg' of theboot at fulilength by attachment to the the top of the boot, and 1heans for binding the strap about the boot when in cufed or drawn-down position.

2. A rubber boot of the wading typohaving a strap provided with a buckle at one and means for looseiy fastening the buckled and of the strap to the bo0t 1eg adjacent the upper margin thereof, and a. second buckle secured to the boot leg at a materially lower position than saidfastening means.

' 8. A rubber-b0ot of the wading type hav ing a ring secured thereto near the upper margin thereof, a strap provided with a buckle at one end and slip-noosed at the buckle end in said ring, and a Second buckle securedto the boot b elow and to the re ar of said ring.

4. A rubberhoot of the wading type having near the upper margin thereof a ring secured threto by means embracing the ring so as to leave a side and top portion of the ring free,and a strap device embracing the free portion of the ring and adapted to xer't a direct upward pull or a direct latera] pull on said ring.

5. A rubber boot of the wading type havingnear the upper- 1nargin thereof a ring secured thereto by means embrming the front and bottom of the ring, 1eaving the rear and top of the ring free, a strap construction provided with a buokie and siid ably embracing at its bnckle end the froc portion of said ring, and a second buckie securedto the boot at a materially lower p0- sition than said ring.

In witness whereof I have 'hereunto set my hand this 14th dayof April, 1925.

' LESLIE H. LI-IOLLIER. 

